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Avoidant personality disorder (AvPD), or anxious personality disorder, is a cluster C personality disorder characterized by excessive social anxiety and inhibition, fear of intimacy (despite an intense desire for it), severe feelings of inadequacy and inferiority, and an overreliance on avoidance of feared stimuli (e.g., self-imposed social isolation) as a maladaptive coping method. [1]
Pathological demand avoidance (PDA), or extreme demand avoidance (EDA), is a proposed mental disorder characterized by greater-than-typical refusal to comply with requests or expectations—demand avoidance—and extreme efforts to avoid social demands. [2]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 17 February 2025. The following is a list of mental disorders as defined at any point by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) or the International Classification of Diseases (ICD). A mental disorder, also known as a mental illness, mental health condition, or psychiatric ...
People with the disorder have a few things in common. Their feelings of inadequacy and a hypersensitivity to criticism can be isolating. This Is What It Feels Like to Live With Avoidant ...
Obsessive–compulsive personality disorder (OCPD) is a cluster C personality disorder characterized by a general pattern of excessive concern with orderliness, perfectionism, attention to details, mental and interpersonal control and a need for control over one's environment which interferes with personal flexibility, openness to experience ...
Charlie Health takes a closer look at the data that separates myth from fact about personality disorders. Commonly misunderstood and stigmatized, personality disorders affect an estimated 15% of ...
Approximately 8 in 10 people with autism have a mental health problem in their lifetime, in comparison to 1 in 4 of the general population. [132] [133] [134] A 2019 meta-analysis found autistic people to be four times more likely to have depression than non-autistic people, with approximately 40% of autistic adults having depression. [135]
People with avoidant personality disorder may struggle with emotional closeness because they view themselves negatively and fear criticism.